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The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 2 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico. Group 2 consisted of six teams: Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sudan Tanzania and Uganda. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Nigeria qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Ethiopia 3–2 on aggregate in the final round.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First round
Nigeria	w/o	Uganda	—	—
Madagascar	6–2	Tanzania	4–2	2–0
Second round
Nigeria	2–2 (l)	Sudan	1–0	1–2
Madagascar	4–8	Ethiopia	1–0	3–8
Final round
Nigeria	3–2	Ethiopia	3–1	0–1

First round

Nigeria	Cancelled	Uganda

Uganda	Cancelled	Nigeria

Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the second round.

Madagascar	4–2	Tanzania

Tanzania	0–2	Madagascar

Madagascar won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Nigeria	1–0	Sudan

Sudan	2–1	Nigeria

Nigeria won via a drawing of lots 2–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Madagascar	1–0	Ethiopia

Ethiopia	8–3	Madagascar

Ethiopia won 8–4 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Final round

Nigeria	3–1	Ethiopia

Ethiopia	1–0	Nigeria

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968): EUROPE". RSSSF. 21 October 2021.

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